World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017
List of registered Young Global Leaders
Profile
Country
Region
Esteban Bullrich, Minister of Education and Sports, Ministry of Education and Sports of Argentina
Began political career running for City Council for the Recreate for Growth party (Recrear); later, Vice-President for the Buenos Aires District. In office,
organized and led efforts to improve the Argentine education system. Since 12 October 2005, has represented the Federal Capital of Buenos Aires;
scheduled to continue term until December 2009. Represents the PRO, a centre-right political bloc. With PRO, also allied with political blocs
Commitment to Change and Recrear. Recognized as an Eisenhower Fellow in its Multi Nation Program 2006.
Argentina
Latin America
Facundo Garreton, Member of Congress, National Congress of Argentina
Member of Congress, Argentina. Former Chairman of SociaLab, a platform for social entrepreneurship in Latin America. Facundo is also Founder and
Director of InvertirOnline.com, one of Latin America's largest online stocks brokerage firms.
Argentina
Latin America
Alex Wyatt, Chief Executive Officer, RayGen
Australia
Currently CEO at RayGen, Founder at August Robotics and Director at Faro Energy. Member, WEF Global Agenda Council on Robotics and AI. WEF Young
Global Leader. Previously Founding CEO at Climate Bridge, Executive GM at Cricket Australia, Consultant at McKinsey & Co (Shanghai). BSc and LLB,
Melbourne University; MPhil and MBA, Oxford University; Rhodes Scholar.
Australasia
David Hertz, Founder and Managing Director, Gastromotiva
Brazil
Social entrepreneur and culinary professor; use the transformative power of food for inclusive growth and social integration. Through kitchen
vocational training, nutritional and sustainable food education, business incubation programmes and the sole creation of opportunities, empowers and
inspires socially vulnerable and underprivileged communities such as youth from low-income families, immigrants and prisoners in Latin America.
Latin America
Patricia Ellen Silva, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Patricia Ellen leads McKinsey's Social and Public sector affairs in Brazil. She has worked with public sector leaders, non-profits, thinks tanks and private
sector enterprises in education, healthcare, economic development and digital innovation. Patricia lectures Adaptive Leadership and Digital Innovation
in a Master in Public Administration at Center for Public Leadership (partnership with Harvard Kennedy School). Her latest lines of research are ageing
and digitization.
Brazil
Latin America
Ailish Campbell, General Director, Economic Development and Corporate Finance, Ministry of Finance of Canada
Formerly, executive positions at Industry Canada, the Privy Council Office and the Department of Global Affairs Canada; member of Canada's
negotiating team to the World Trade Organization. Former Vice-President, International and Fiscal Policy, Business Council of Canada (BCC). Was
responsible for trade, taxation and fiscal policy and led CEO-level roundtables with India, Japan and China. Currently, General Director, Economic
Development and Corporate Finance, Finance Canada. With team of economists, responsible for budget development and advice to Canada's Minister
of Finance.
Canada
North America
Nicolás Shea, Founding President, Todos
Chile
Founder of Start-Up Chile (2010), eClass (2004), Little Lions Nursery Schools (2004), Jóvenes al Servicio de Chile (2000), and Founding President of
ASECH (Chilean Association of Entrepreneurs). Former advisor of entrepreneurship and innovation to the Chilean Ministry of Economy (2010-2011). He
left government in July of 2011 to start Cumplo, a P2P lending platform for Latin America.
Latin America
Mauricio Rodas, Mayor, Municipality of Quito
Ecuador
Lawyer, Universidad Católica de Quito. Started career with ECLAC. Later, consultant in public policy for the Mexican Government. Founded Fundación
Ethos, a Latin American think tank based in Mexico; as its Executive Director, developed the Responsible Government Model. 2011, returned to Ecuador
and then founded SUMA, a national political party. 2013, ran for President of Ecuador. 2014, elected Mayor of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. World
Co-President, United Cities and Local Governments organization (UCLG).
Latin America
Diego Sola, President, Glasswing International
El Salvador
Diego is co-Founder and President of Glasswing International (www.glasswing.org), an innovative and effective non-profit dedicated to promoting
volunteering and cross-sector partnerships in public education, health and community development in 14 Latin American countries. He is also currently
CEO of Inversiones Bolivar SA de CV (www.proyectosdevida.com), a 60-year-old real estate development firm specializing in multi-level housing and
commercial projects, and is next in line for the chairmanship of the De Sola Family Group, founded in 1896.
Latin America
Alberto Alemanno, Founder, The Good Lobby
Alberto is a civic advocate and academic entrepreneur. The Good Lobby is a non-profit civic start up connecting experts with non profit organizations
working on the most important social and political issues. It trains the next generation of civic advocates, engaged academics, reformers, activists and
citizen lobbyists across Europe by promoting public engagement and participation through an unconventional mixing and matching of academic
research and consultancy in the public interest. His clients include leading NGOs.
France
Western
Europe
Kathryn Dovey, Manager, National Contact Point Coordination, Responsible Business Conduct Unit, OECD
She is part of the Responsible Business Conduct Unit where she is responsible for supporting National Contact Points across 46 governments in their
mandate as promoters of Responsible Business Conduct and as non-judicial grievance mechanisms.
France
Western
Europe
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Christel Heydemann, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Development, Schneider Electric
Christel connects technicology, strategy and operational execution with a focus on the Fourth industrial revolution, and the New Energy Landscape.
France
Western
Europe
Florence Verzelen, Chief Operating Officer, North, South and East Europe; Country Manager, Russia, ENGIE Group
Florence Verzelen is in charge of the Performance Procurement Plan of GDF SUEZ, with a target of reducing the external spend of the company by €2
billion in two years. She is also a board member of the car company PSA.
France
Western
Europe
Katharina Beumelburg, Executive Vice-President; Head, Global Strategy and Business Development, Siemens AG
She runs a new unit for Process- and Expert Consulting which after 2 years now has about 200 employees in 3 offices around the world and works very
successfully within Siemens.
Germany
Western
Europe
Andrew L. Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Private Bank
Hong Kong
Mr. Cohen is responsible for overseeing and building out the Asia Pacific business. Prior to moving to Asia, he was Head of J.P. Morgan Private Bank's
SAR
Southern California region, based in Los Angeles and, previously, he also worked with ultra-high-net-worth families in Northern Europe and the Eastern
Mediterranean region, based in London and Geneva, respectively.
Greater China
Francis Ngai Wah Sing, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Social Ventures Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Francis Wah Sing Ngai runs he first non-profit venture philanthropy fund dedicated to supporting and nurturing social enterprises in Hong Kong, as well SAR
as promoting young professionals' participation in social entrepreneurship.
Greater China
Anoop Ratnaker Rao, Strategic Adviser, Naandi Community Water Services
India
Formerly, more than a decade with the Ritz-Carlton, Deloitte and ADP. 2009, joined Naandi Foundation as Chief Operations Officer; has played a key
role in morphing significant parts of the portfolio into multiple for-profit entities; Chief Executive Officer, Naandi Water; leads a young social enterprise
that has created the first sustainable community-based drinking water solution platform. Currently Naandi Water impacts the lives of over 500,000
people in over 400 villages in India. Unreasonable Fellow (2014). Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum, (2014).
South Asia
Toshihiro Nakamura, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kopernik
Indonesia
Toshihiro Nakamura is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kopernik in Indonesia, a company that distributes life-changing technology to poor
communities and creates an online innovation marketplace for the developing world. Nakamura spent 10 years with the United Nations in Timor-Leste,
Indonesia, Sierra Leone, New York and Switzerland. He also worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. Nakamura is an Associate Professor at
Osaka University School of International and Public Policy in Japan. He earned an MA in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and
Political Science and an LLB from Kyoto University in Japan.
Asia Pacific
Indonesia
Asia Pacific
Japan
Japan
Lin Kobayashi, Chair of the Board, International School of Asia, Karuizawa (ISAK)
Japan
Lin Kobayashi runs a residential high school that opened in Karuizawa in 2014. ISAK aims to bring together top students from around the world with the
aim of developing leaders who are eager to work for positive change in their countries and communities
Japan
Japan
Japan
Arif P. Rachmat, Chief Executive Officer, PT Triputra Agro Persada
Co-Founder & CEO of TAP Group, one of the largest oil palm companies in Indonesia. TAP has over 300,000 hectares of land bank, where more than
150,000 hectares has been planted. TAP employs over 24,000 people. Since 2011, he has been the Commissioner of PT. Kirana Megatara (KM),
Indonesia’s largest crumb rubber processor and exporter. He is the majority shareholder of PT Triputra Persada Rahmat with a stake at BTPN Syariah
Bank. The three companies fall under Triputra Group, with significant investment in publicly listed companies Adaro Group, the largest coal energy in
Indonesia, and DSN group (palm oil and wood) and, is ranked no. 15 in Globe Asia’s 100 Largest Conglomerates in Indonesia August 2014. Upon
graduation
from Cornell
University,
he worked for General Electric Company in the U.S. for 7 years in various leadership roles including Six Sigma and
Iwao Aso, Group
Chairman,
ASO Corporation
Iwao Aso is President of the Aso Corporation and Group Chairman of the Aso Group, with interests in the fields of infrastructure, environmental
solutions, healthcare, education and lifestyle services. He is also a Director of Dwango Co. Aso started his career in the family business as auditor at Aso
Cement. He also served in the Aso Group as a director, executive director, senior managing director and vice-president. Prior, Aso worked as a trainee in
Hongkong Land, Colliers Jardine in Hong Kong and the financial instruments development division in Shinsei Bank. Aso completed his undergraduate
studies at Keio University with a BA in Economics. He also majored in international relations at the University of Cambridge.
Shokei Suda, Chief Executive Officer, Enigmo Inc.
He operates BUYMA, Japan's largest social fashion website. It offers a reliable shopping experience through its unique escrow payment system,
optimized social shopping interface and in-house customer service division.
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Edwin Macharia, Partner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors
Kenya
Based in Nairobi, he advises corporations developing country governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, international organizations, foundations
and non-governmental organizations on a range of emerging market issues including strategy, market entry, operational efficiency, new business
models and initiative implementation. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow. YGL 2015. WEF Global Agenda Council -Africa (2012-14) then -Risk&Resilience
(2014-16). Former: Director, Clinton Foundation; BA, McKinsey&Company. Amherst College graduate
Sub-saharan
Africa
Kanini Mutooni, Director, Investment, East Africa Trade and Investment Hub
Kenya
I am currently the Director for Investment and Technology at The East Africa Trade and Investment Hub in Nairobi, a $65m flagship Presidential
Initiative created to increase trade and attract investments into the East African region. Since launch, the unit has supported the close of over $20m in
deals originated in the East African region in agri-business, financial services and ICT. I am also active in the early and late stage investment space as an
Investment Committee member of the The African Enterprise Challenge Fund, a $250m donor-funded Impact Fund based in Nairobi with investments in
East and West Africa. I am also the Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Global Innovation Fund, a $250m multi-donor innovation fund
focussed
on funding
stage
businesses
with anCompany
emergingLimited
markets focus. Kanini was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a
James
Mworia,
Chiefinnovative
Executive early
Officer,
Centum
Investment
Sub-saharan
Africa
Kenya
He served in various senior corporate leadership positions for the last 10 years having started as an intern in 2001 and rose to the CEO of the Centum
Group in less than 7 years. Awards include; Africa Young Business Leader of the Year 2011 and Africa CEO of the Year (2013) by Warton Club of Africa,
Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellow 2012, Africa Young Business Leader of the Year 2011 by the All Africa Business Leader Awards
Kalin Anev Janse, Member of the Management Board; Secretary-General, European Stability Mechanism
Sub-saharan
Africa
Luxembourg Western
Europe
Abdelmalek Alaoui, Chief Executive Officer, Guepard Group
Morocco
Currently, Founder and Managing Partner, Guepard Group (www.guepardgroup.com), Owner, Huffington Post Maghreb (www.huffpostmaghreb.com).
Before, founder of Global Intelligence Partners (sold to Mazars group) . Contributor to "Forbes", Editorialist for "Le Nouvel Observateur".
North Africa
Morocco
North Africa
Mustapha Mokass, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BEYA Capital Climate Finance
He has contributed to design smart innovative solutions to three of the most pressing challenges of our times: poverty, food insecurity and climate
change. Within the World Bank and UNEP he developed his skills in contributing to innovative risk sharing public private partnerships towards
decreasing carbon emissions by scaling-up the transfer of technologies towards developing countries.
Ken Tun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Parami Energy Group of Companies
Myanmar
Bachelor's in Engineering, Yangon Institute of Technology; MBA, National University of Singapore. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Parami Energy
Group of Companies, Myanmar. The group has interest in Oil and Gas, Power , Construction and Insurance. The group plans to support one-third of
Rural Monastic schools in Myanmar and to plant 500,000 trees by 2015.
Tshering Lama, Country Director, Childreach Nepal
Tshering graduated from Northumbria University, UK with BSc (HONS) Health Development Studies, Masters of Public Health, and a Ph.D. in
Telemedicine. He was awarded with the first ever Lord Glenamara International Scholarship in recognition of his efforts in improving public health and
the environment through volunteering. In 2006, Tshering won the International Student of the Year 2006 in the UK. This award was honoured by the
university establishing the ‘Tshering Lama Northumbria University Scholarships’, which provide 20 scholarships a year for Nepalese students. In 2010,
Tshering returned to Nepal to found Childreach Nepal (www.childreachnp.org) – an independent, locally registered charity that works in partnership
with
communities
to improve
children’s
access to healthcare, education, and child rights and protection. Tshering is a strong believer in bringing
Clairelocal
Boonstra,
Founder,
Operation
Education
Claire Boonstra is Founder of Operation Education, a rapidly growing non-profit organization enabling a radical transition in the way society approaches
education. She is also Co-Founder of Layar, the global market leader in augmented reality and interactive print. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she
pursued a corporate career with KPN and Unilever. Boonstra has received various awards as an entrepreneur and innovator and has frequently been
listed as one of the most influential women in technology.
Nepal
Asia Pacific
South Asia
Netherlands Western
Europe
Danladi Verheijen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Verod Capital Management Limited
Danladi runs a leading private equity firm focussed on Nigeria. Before this he was a Vice President at Citibank Nigeria where he led corporate finance
transactions: He was named one of Africa's top 20 rising stars in finance by Euromoney in 2014.
Nigeria
Sub-saharan
Africa
Dilek Ayhan, State Secretary, Norway Government
State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. Responsible for international/bilateral relations and trade policy, industrial
research and innovation, the maritime industries including shipping and the travel and tourism industry. Entrepreneur. Has served on the board of
several organizations working with diversity management and intercultural communication.
Norway
Western
Europe
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Mosharraf Zaidi, Founder and Campaign Director, Alif Ailaan - Time to End Pakistan's Education Emergency
Mosharraf was Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan, where he established the public diplomacy division. He has advised
governments and international organisations on international aid, education, technology and trade . Mosharraf writes a weekly column, as well as
occasional pieces for a range of publications.
Pakistan
South Asia
Sandro Salsano, Chairman and President, Salsano Group
Panama
Salsano Group - a Panama based private conglomerate investing in real estate, private equity and technology globally. Chairman, Salsano Family Office.
Chairman and Trustee, Salsano Shahani Foundation. Chairman for Panama, Global Dignity. Academy of Global Teacher Prize. Board advisor to Family
Office Association. Shareholder and board member of several companies. Angel and Venture capitalist. Former basketball player. Young Global Leader.
Latin America
Anthony Smare, Chairman, Nambawan Super Limited
Papua New
Lawyer, geologist, entrepreneur, investor and social entrepreneur. Chairman, Papua New Guinea superannuation investment fund Nambawan Super
Guinea
($3 billion in investments), developing entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Pacific islands as founder of Kumul Foundation in partnership with UNDP and
Australian Aid, and bringing solar power to 7 million people off grid in the Pacific islands with pay go solar as founder of Empawa Solar. Interests in
climate change, responsible extractives, financial inclusion, telecommunications, banking and pharmaceutical industries.
Asia Pacific
People's
Republic of
China
Greater China
Zhilei Tong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ChineseAll
People's
1993-98, Bachelor's degrees in Engineering, Management and Law, Tsinghua University; 2000, IMBA, Tsinghua-MIT joint international MBA
Republic of
programme. 1999, founded Fanso, an education portal; until 2000, CEO. Later, with TideTime Group as COO; 2001-03, Chairman, TideTime Technology. China
2000, set up ChineseAll; since 2000, Chairman and CEO. General Secretary, China Youth Federation of Education. Member, Beijing Youth Federation.
Deputy, 15th Dongcheng People's Congresses. Vice-Chairman: Dongcheng Youth Federation; China Copyright Association. General Secretary, Chinese
Online Anti-Piracy Union. Recipient of awards. Expertise: copyrights, digital libraries, education information technology, network operation and areas
related
to publishing.
Dongning
Yang, Spokesman and Vice-Director-General, Communication, China Banking Regulatory Commission
Greater China
Ron Cao, Founder and Managing Director, Sky9 Capital
BSc and MEng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT. Current: Founder and Managing Director, Sky9 Capital, an early-stage China
technology venture capital firm with presence in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Silicon Valley. Co-Founder and Managing Director, Lightspeed China
Partners. Board Member: BEAM Alliance; Maitian Education Foundation. Named as Top Chinese Venture Capitalists by Forbes China and CBN Weekly
over multiple years. Former:
People's
Republic of
China
Greater China
Luis Felipe Carrillo, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Andean and Caribbean, GE
Luis Carrillo is the President and CEO for the GE Andean, Central American and Caribbean region. His focus is to develop the regions infrastructure in
Power generation, water treatment, Oil & Gas, mining, healthcare and transportation. To that effect he is leading efforts to localize more capabilities,
integrate recent acquisitions and penetrate underserved markets as well as leading the transformation to make GE the premier Digital Industrial
company in the region. Prior to this position Luis was the President and CEO for GE Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Peru
Latin America
Julia Andrea R. Abad, Executive Director, Far Eastern University Public Policy Center
Julia Abad is a Business Coalitions Adviser at Investing in Women Asia, which seeks to promote inclusiveness in the workplace around the region.
Philippines
Asia Pacific
John Echauz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Standard Insurance Co. Inc.
Philippines
Multiple entrpreneur with interests in sustainable forestry, dairy, minerals/natural resources, solar/wind energy equipment, aircraft leasing and
automotive spare parts e-commerce. He has also spent the past five years working on experimental carbon dioxide dissociation, with promising results.
Asia Pacific
Fahad Aldhubaib, Director, New Business Development, Saudi Aramco
Fahad’s primary professional focus is to support the economic diversification of Saudi Arabia by building a national energy services sector. Since 2005,
he has been working with corporate leaders and policy makers on leveraging the country’s natural resources to diversify the economy, accelerate
growth and job creation. Fahad’s leadership was instrumental in the design and implementation of the Energy Industry’s most ambitious
transformation ever, the Accelerated Transformation Program of Saudi Aramco.
Saudi Arabia Middle East
Asma Siddiki, Dean, Outreach, Student Affairs and Enrollment, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship
She is Founder of a non-profit Simply Heuristic (focusing on learning through experience and discovery) and Founder & ex-Chief Executive Officer of
Oxbridge Learning Limited (previously Alpha1Education) and ex-Director of Oxbridge Summers, a summer school programme organized at the
universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia Middle East
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Yuhyun Park, Chair, infollutionZERO Ahn-Sei Foundation
Doctorate in Biostatistics, Harvard University. Fervent advocate of child empowerment and education. Initiated the Digital Intelligence Quotient (DQ)
education framework and assessment. Developed the first interactive digital citizenship education platform for children in Korea and Singapore,
including a research hub to shape public policy for internet safety.
Singapore
Asia Pacific
Ivan Vatchkov, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Algebris Investments (Asia) Pte Ltd
Singapore
Asia Pacific
Dave Duarte, Chief Executive Officer, Treeshake
Educator; over a decade teaching digital communications, marketing and leadership practice. Co-founded South Africa’s largest and leading Social
Media Agency, Cerebra. Founder, Treeshake, a communications consultancy specializing in campaigns for change. Member of the Board, Mail &
Guardian, a leading independent newspaper group known for its investigative journalism.
South Africa Sub-saharan
Africa
Brian Herlihy, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Black Rhino Group
South Africa Sub-saharan
The founder of Black Rhino, Brian Herlihy, has a long track record of working on projects that have a direct impact on improving market efficiencies and
Africa
worker productivity. Herlihy experienced first hand the negative impact of inefficient communications on the cost of doing business in Africa. As a
result, Herlihy founded SEACOM, a $600 million undersea fiber optic cable to address the greatest missing link in the communications eco-system.
Mokena Makeka, Creative Director and Managing Director, Makeka Design Lab
South Africa Sub-saharan
Professional Architect Young Global Leader 2015, Work Economic Forum Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and
Africa
Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University, New York, Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow, African Leadership Institute (AFLI), UIA2014 Durban Core
scientific committee member, Resident Equity Scholar at the School of Architecture and Planning, Wits University, B.Arch Dist. Hons, University of Cape
Town (UCT) National Council member, South Africa Heritage Resource Agency, founding member CCIFSA, Founder and sole owner of Makeka Design
Lab cc, an internationally recognised design practice founded in 2002 that deploys innovative design solutions at the urban, architectural, cultural and
installation
scale. AnLeader
accomplished
architect, urbanist,
andof
design
and a leading
voice on
entrepreneurial
development, design and urban
Lindiwe Mazibuko,
of the Opposition,
Parliament
Souththeoretician,
Africa (2011-2014),
Democratic
Alliance
(DA)
Bachelor's in Music, University of KwaZulu-Natal; 2006, BA in French, Classics, Media & Writing and 2007, BA (Hons) in Political Communication,
University of Cape Town; 1999, studies, UK. With the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa: Member, Research Team; then National Media Liaison
Officer; 2008, stood for public office; 2009, elected to Parliament; appointed DA National Spokesperson and Shadow Deputy Minister for
Communications; 2010, appointed Shadow Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform; 2011, ran for the position of DA Parliamentary Leader and
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly; October 2011, elected to the post by the DA's Parliamentary caucus.
South Africa Sub-saharan
Africa
Nneka Mobisson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, mDoc
South Africa Sub-saharan
Nneka Mobisson-Etuk, a 2014 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Yale Associate World Fellow is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Africa
at mDoc. She was fomerly the Executive Director at Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading global health organization focused on
healthcare quality improvement, where, through her leadership, IHI dramatically expanded its efforts at building sustainable change in healthcare
delivery systems in Africa, the results of which are directly impacting millions of lives in 13 priority countries. A pediatrician by training, Nneka was
previously Vice President of Community Health and Population Health Management at the Connecticut Hospital Association, where she provided
strategic
leadership toDirector,
all 30 hospitals
in the Group
area of population health management, and devised statewide health initiatives to better improve quality,
Aroon Hirdaramani,
Hirdaramani
Sri Lanka
South Asia
Switzerland
Western
Europe
Stéphanie Lacour, Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology; Assistant Profes(...), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
(EPFL)
2001, PhD in Electrical Engineering, INSA, Lyon, France. 2001-05, Postdoctoral Scientist, Princeton University, USA. 2007-10, University Research Fellow,
Royal Society, University of Cambridge, UK. 2011-2016, Assistant Professor, EPFL, CH. 2016- , Associate Professor, EPFL, CH. 2012- , Bertarelli
Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic technology, EPFL, Switzerland.
Western
Europe
Simon Smiles, Managing Director, UBS AG
Switzerland
Simon Smiles CIO WM – Chief Investment Officer – UHNW Simon Smiles is Chief Investment Officer – UHNW. In this capacity he and his team formulate
investment strategy, themes and trades for UBS’s Ultra High Net Worth clients. He is also responsible for derivatives, hedge fund, private markets,
sustainable, and short term trading investment strategies, leads UBS WM’s impact investing efforts, contributes to the wider UBS WM House View,
hosts the monthly UBS Investor Forum, and sits on UBS’s Global Investment Committee. Prior to moving to Zurich, Smiles worked for UBS Investment
Bank in Hong Kong as Head of Asian Thematic Research. Before this, he ran UBS's media and internet equity research team in Australia, and taught
economic and finance at the University of Sydney and UTS. Simon is a WEF Young Global Leader, IIF Future Leader, and UBS Opinion Leader, has
Western
Europe
Aroon Hirdaramani earned a bachelor's degree in Business Economics from Brown University in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, Aroon worked as an
Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse in New York. Since 2003, Aroon has been a director of the Hirdaramani Group. As a member of the
Company’s Leadership Team, he has grown the Group’s business exponentially and helped to make it a model for operational excellence and
environmental sustainability. Aroon is Chairman of the Future Leaders Committee of the Sri Lanka JAAF and member of the Young Presidents'
Organization, where he serves as Integration Chair for the Sri Lanka Chapter. Aroon is responsible for driving the continued growth and overall strategy
of
the Arora,
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sustainability
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Reinsurance,
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Steve is a member of the class of 2015 Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum. He is currently President of Swiss Re in Japan and has a
diverse track record of experiences. Steve has held roles in various financial services industries, geographic locations, holding a variety of functional
responsibilities. Steve has lived in the USA, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Steve is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown
PA with a degree in Economics. His leadership development includes the GE Capital Financial Management Program (FMP), Swiss Re Group
Management Development Program, and STARS Symposium for Leaders of the Next Generation.
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Turkey
Central/Eastern
Europe
Demet Mutlu, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Trendyol.com
Turkey
Founder and CEO of trendyol.com, largest ecommerce company in Turkey. Founding Partner of Peak Games, mobile gaming company. Angel investor in
6 technology companies worldwide. Harvard, NYU. Awards: Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur Fortune, BOF500, Fortune 40 under 40, Global Shaper
Central/Eastern
Europe
Bodour Qasimi, Chairperson, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority - Shurooq
United Arab
BA (Hons), Cambridge; Master's in Medical Anthropology, University College, London. Leading contributor to the development and growth of Sharjah
Emirates
and the UAE. Chairperson, Shurooq, the Government of Sharjah's Investment and Development Authority, which facilitates investment activities and
conceptualizes the development of tourism and infrastructure projects. Has demonstrated consistent efforts to link international investors with
opportunities in Sharjah. Key cultural figure. Founder and CEO, Kalimat Group. Patron and Founder: UAE Board on Books for Young People; Emirates
Publishers Association. Director, Knowledge without Borders. Most Influential Woman in the Arab World in the Investment Development Sector 2013,
ForbesAnderlini,
Middle East.
Personality
of theTimes
Year Award in the Tourism Sector. Woman Leader in Business and Economic Development Excellence Award
Jamil
AsiaFirst
Editor,
The Financial
Middle East
Bengi Korkmaz, Partner, McKinsey & Company
passionate about: -media industry -emerging markets technology adoption -women empowerment -education-to-employment
United
Jamil Anderlini is the Financial Times’ Asia Editor, appointed in 2015. He oversees the FT’s coverage of the Asia region from Afghanistan to Australia,
Kingdom
including China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition to directing the work of regional correspondents and overseeing the editing and commissioning
team in Hong Kong, Jamil is an award-winning journalist and published author. He is fluent in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. After a decade and
a half working as an editor and journalist in China, he has cultivated a deep knowledge of the political and economic situation in that country. He
regularly contributes commentary for other media, including CNN, BBC, CNBC, ABC and Al-Jazeera. He also selectively accepts speaking engagements
with
financial
institutions,
Giuliocorporations,
Boccaletti, Chief
Strategy
Officer,universities,
The Nature government
Conservancydepartments and agencies. Jamil joined the FT in 2007 and worked as Beijing
United
Dr. Giulio Boccaletti is the Chief Strategy Officer of The Nature Conservancy. In this role, Giulio works with other members of the Executive Team to
Kingdom
develop the organization’s strategy and apply economic and scientific practice to its conservation agenda. Trained as a scientist, Giulio is an expert on
environmental and economic sustainability with experience in deploying innovative, large-scale strategies that demonstrate how investing in nature will
help us achieve a healthier, more prosperous, more resilient world. He has deep expertise on the intersection of natural resources, public policy and
business conduct. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, Giulio was a partner at McKinsey and Company, where he founded the firm’s Global Water
Resource
and was a Director;
leader of its
Sustainability
and Resource
Productivity
Practice.
He has served public and private sector institutions on
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Carlesi, Managing
Global
Head of Regulatory
Affairs,
Deutsche
Bank AG
United
Francesca Carlesi is responsible for Deutsche Bank’s Regulatory Affairs Department at Group level, covering regulatory policy, regulatory strategy and
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implementation globally. Francesca joined Deutsche Bank in 2013 as Chief of Staff to the Group CEO and Head of the Co-CEOs’ Office responsible for a
variety of topics including governance, institutional and client engagement, regulatory dialogue and strategy. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Francesca
worked for more than 10 years in banking: having started her career at McKinsey, she then held several senior positions, including Global Head of
Strategy, Business Planning and Analytics at Barclays in London, where she led the strategic development and execution for the retail and business
division
global
levels; More
at Intesa
Sanpaolo in Milan; and at Bridgepoint Capital. Francesca holds a PhD in Banking and Finance from the University of
BrendanatCox,
Director,
in Common
Brendan Cox is an international campaigner and activist. Most recently he played a major role in civil society campaigning for the Sustainable
Development Goals as the Director of the Policy and Advocacy at Save the Children. Prior to this he ran a global research project and published a series
of reports analysing global development campaigns and looking at future trends and opportunities. The reports were based on numerous interviews
with heads of state, civil society leaders, campaigners and academics; it was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Between 2008 and 2010,
Cox served as Special Advisor for Africa and International Development to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Before that, he was Chief
Executive
of Crisis
a charityOfficer,
that works
behind
Niall Dunne,
ChiefAction,
Sustainability
BT Group
Plcthe scenes to address armed conflict and recently won the Skoll Award for Social
Works with BT’s Chief Executive, Chairman and executive management team to bring the company’s purpose, to use the power of communications to
make a better world, to life. Advocate of technology’s ability to create new systems for growth which can sustain and empower our world. Speaks
regularly on the critical need for more purposeful business leadership and how this is reflected in BT’s own corporate strategy. Former Vice-Chair,
Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Consumption, current Member, Global Agenda Council on Climate Change, and Young Global Leader, World
Economic Forum. Non-Executive Director, Collectively, the new digital media platform created to inspire and empower people to live more sustainable
lives.
collaboration
of more
than 30 global businesses and international NGOs, Collectively delivers compelling content with authentic calls to action
CelineAHerweijer,
Partner,
PwC
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Europe
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Celine Herweijer is a Partner in PwC's Sustainability and Climate Change team and leads the firm's Climate Change and International Development
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business, and its work on climate resilience. She has expertise in climate policy, finance, resilience and disaster risk reduction, and international
development. She also advises government and private sector clients across Europe, North America, and emerging and developing economies on
strategy, financing, policies and implementation related to climate change. Herweijer has acted as a key adviser to the G20 and World Economic Forum
on climate change, has been a private sector representative to the $6 billion Climate Investment Funds and the Green Climate Fund, and has served as a
chief
to the
$180 million Climate
Knowledge
Network
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Plcthe UK and the Netherlands. Herweijer is a Visiting
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Europe
Akira Kirton, Co-Head and Managing Director, Europe and Most of World, BP Ventures
United
Akira Kirton is Commercialisation Director BP Ventures. BP Ventures makes strategic investments in companies with distinctive technology that aligns
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with BP core businesses. His professional experience includes a variety of technology and business development roles across refining, chemicals,
marketing, and alternative energy in BP. His experiences include: • Working within and then supporting the spin-out of a company serving over 2
million persons with energy solutions in rural India, and • A three year secondment to the UK Energy Technologies Institute (a $bn public private
partnership between the UK Government and Industry focussed on accelerating affordable, sustainable energy technologies). Akira is a recipient of the
2008 IChemE Award for Innovation and a 2012 Fellow of the Marshall Memorial Foundation. Akira holds 6 company board and advisory positions. On a
Western
Europe
Katie Jackson is Senior Vice-President, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, within Statoil. She graduated from University of Oxford with an MA in
Biology. Jackson began her career at Shell in 1994, initially as a Drilling Engineer in the Netherlands and progressing to roles in business planning and
energy marketing and trading. She spent five years in oil and gas investment banking with UBS, based in London and Houston. In 2005, Jackson joined
Anadarko, where she held the position of Vice-President, Corporate Development, responsible for M&A and US business development from 2008.
Jackson took up her current role at Statoil in 2010.
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Alix Zwane, Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation Fund
United
Alix Zwane is Chief Executive Officer of the Global Innovation Fund, a $200m "social first" investment fund headquartered in London. She is a social
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entrepreneur and public health expert. She joins GIF from Evidence Action where she served as Executive Director and a member of the Board of
Directors. Evidence Action builds business models to bridge the gap between what research has shown to be effective and what is implemented in
practice. Alix grew the organization to one employing over 200 people and helping over 100 million children annually. Prior to Evidence Action Alix was
Senior Program Officer in the Global Development group at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, taking a lead role on strategy development for the
Water,
Sanitation,Vorwerk,
and Hygiene
team and
setting the team’s
policy and associated investment plan. Her stint in philanthropy was preceded
Devry Boughner
Corporate
Vice-President,
Cargillevaluation
Incorporated
Western
Europe
USA
North America
Devry serves as Corporate Vice President of corporate affairs for Cargill, Incorporated. During her 12 years at Cargill, Ms. Vorwerk held leadership roles
of increasing responsibility, including eight years working for Cargill’s businesses in the Asia-Pacific region, with assignments in China and India. In her
role as a corporate officer, she served on the global Corporate Affairs Leadership Team; led the company’s International Business Relations team in
Washington, D.C.; and led the Latin America Corporate Affairs team, which included oversight for government relations, communications and corporate
responsibility work across the region. Prior to Cargill, Ms. Vorwerk worked in the U.S. International Trade Commission’s Office of Industries and as an
economic
advisor
the chairman.
She
also
served as
a senior economist in Agricultural Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, which is
Niko
Canner,
ChieftoExecutive
Officer
and
Founder,
Incandescent
USA
North America
Niko Canner is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Incandescent, a firm engaged in strategic consulting to corporations, venture development, and
large-scale social impact work. Co-founder and Managing Partner of the consulting firm Katzenbach Partners in 1998; Senior Partner at Booz &
Company following the sale of Katzenbach to Booz in 2009; former member of the Management Committee of Bridgewater Associates. Founding
member of the McKinsey Change Center. Serves on the Advisory Council of Acumen and on the boards of Purpose and Catchafire. Initiated and co-leads
China 2024, a twenty-year longitudinal study of the development of business leaders in China. Graduated summa cum laude Harvard College, A.B. in
economics;
completed
graduate
in philosophy
at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship. Named one of ten “new gurus” by Fortune
Silvia
Console
Battilana,
Visitingwork
Scholar,
Stanford University
USA
North America
Silvia Console Battilana is currently a Visiting Scholar in the Economics Department of Stanford University, specializing in auctions and designing new
markets in sectors such as energy, transportation, radio spectrum, rough diamonds, water rights, fishing rights, internet ads, natural resources. She cofounder high stakes auctions company Auctionomics with Professor Paul Milgrom, with clients across four continents, including the US government for
the Incentive Auction and Fortune 500 companies in Mexico, France, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Czech Republic, Romania, Morocco, Norway and Australia.
Console Battilana has been an invited speaker at universities worldwide, including Harvard, Berkley and MIT. She was named “40 Under 40” by the
business
journal, 40
under 40 europe
andExecutive
is active inOfficer,
philanthropy
Alfa Demmellash,
Co-Founder
and Chief
Rising and
Tidegender
Capitalparity initiatives in Silicon Valley. In 2009 she co-founded TEDxSV.
USA
North America
Born and raised in Ethiopia, Alfa Melesse Demmellash is the CEO and co-founder of Rising Tide Capital, a nonprofit organization that provides
underserved entrepreneurs with the resources needed to grow successful businesses. Headquartered on Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City, the
organization runs the Community Business Academy–an intensive business training course--coupled with year-round coaching and mentorship. There
are currently 968 graduates across Northern New Jersey, with 459 currently in business. By building successful businesses, these entrepreneurs meet
their families’ basic needs, create opportunities for social mobility and help transform their local communities. Alfa has been recognized by President
Barack
Obama,Chief
CNN Executive
Heroes andOfficer,
was named
by Forbes
one of
the "Most Powerful Women Changing the World." She serves on various national and
Leslie Dewan,
Transatomic
Power
Corporation
USA
North America
Karen Fang, Managing Director; Head, Americas Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodity Sales, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bachelor's in Economics, University of Tokyo. Former: senior positions in derivatives structuring, Merrill Lynch, Tokyo and Deutsche Bank, London;
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, responsible for the Pension, Endowment and Foundation Cross Asset Solutions Group in North America.
USA
North America
Valerie Feldmann, Acting President and Chief Operating Officer, Ogin Inc.
Valerie runs an energy technology start-up that commercializes an innovative wind turbine inspired by advances in aerodynamics and jet engine
technology for distributed generation use. V
USA
North America
Sheri Hickok, Executive Chief Engineer, Autonomous Partnership and Fleets, General Motors Company
USA
Sheri Hickok is currently Chief Engineer – Next Gen Full Size Truck, leading the design, development, and production execution of the next generation of
trucks. She has been recognized as Kettering University Young Alumni of the Year, Detroit Free Press Automotive Industry Emerging Leader, Pink
Magazine “Top 10 Women in Technology”, and a Fortune Magazine’s Top Business Women Gen-Xer.
North America
Lauren Koopman, Director, Sustainable Business Solutions, PwC
Director, PwC US- Sustainable Business Solutions practice. Leads PwC’s pro bono work with the United Nations CEO Water Mandate. Advises corporate
clients on strategy and implementation to improve environmental, social and governance performance. Works with financial institutions to help
mitigate the impact of resource scarcity and environmental damage in current and future investments. M
USA
North America
Rina Gee Kupferschmid-Rojas, Global Head, Sustainable Investing; Managing Director, UBS (USA) Inc.
USA
North America
BSc in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, MIT; 2013, PhD in Nuclear Engineering, MIT, with a research focus on computational nuclear materials. CoFounder and Chief Executive Officer, Transatomic Power, a nuclear reactor design company developing sustainable, fuel-efficient power plants.
Member, MIT Corporation, MIT’s board of trustees. Named; a TIME Magazine 30 People Under 30 Changing the World; MIT Technology Review
Innovator Under 35; National Geographic Emerging Explorer.
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Olivia Leland, Founder and Executive Director, Collaborative for Scaling Social Impact
Her work is onon driving systems-level impact by creating a new model of collaborative philanthropy. She was previously with the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
USA
North America
William Marshall, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Planet Labs
Will Marshall is the Co-Founder and CEO of Planet Labs. He was a Scientist at NASA / USRA where he developed a low-cost planetary bus, was Deputy
System’s Engineer on lunar orbiter mission “LADEE”, a Science Team member for the lunar impactor mission “LCROSS”, served as Co-Principal
Investigator on PhoneSat, and was the technical lead on research projects in space debris remediation.
USA
North America
Rania A. Mashat, Adviser, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
USA
With the Central Bank of Egypt: works on developing and modernizing monetary policy strategy; participates in the country's macroeconomic
management; CBE liaison with the IMF and sovereign rating agencies; represents the country's monetary authority in conferences and forums, including
at the Egyptian Parliament. Helped design and present the Government of Egypt's Economic Program after the 2011 revolution.
North America
USA
North America
Jacques-Philippe Piverger, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Soleil Group
USA
An entrepreneur who uses his business and philanthropic acumen to affect change where it is needed most in the globe. He is co-founder of Metripol, a
brokerage firm developed to manage marketing, streamline booking and communication, and automate the bidding process in a real estate transaction.
He is co-founder and former CEO of MPOWER. He was an all-American in wrestling and he's an avid martial artist
North America
Alan Ricks, Co-Founder, MASS Design Group
USA
Alan co-founded MASS, a non-profit focused on social impact through the design and construction process. The 75+ person firm has projects in a dozen
countries ranging from design to research to policy. Alan is a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and appointed as an Expert-inResidence at the Harvard Innovation Lab. Chief TED curator Chris Anderson described his TED talk as “a different language about what architecture can
aspire to be.”
North America
Prashant Sarin, Partner, Bain & Company Inc.
Extensive experience and expertise in turnaround and growth situations, with focus on driving scale transformation programs with Fortune 500
companies across the US, SE Asia and India. WEF Young Global Leader (YGL); India's 'Top 40 under 40' Business leaders, The Economic Times (2015);
India's Top 25 Hottest Young Executives, Business Today (2014). Master’s in Management Studies, Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar), MBA, Indian
Institute of Management Calcutta (Aditya Birla Scholar), B.Engg. in Civil Engineering, Delhi University.
USA
North America
Keely Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer, Weal Life, PBC
Entrepreneur and investor. As Founder/CEO of The Weal Life (www.theweallife.com), she works on using technology to transform how we care for our
loved ones during a health crisis and as they age. Previously, she built global initiatives, including one of the world's first and largest private equity
funds focused on balancing social impact and commercial returns.
USA
North America
Angela Sun, Global Head, Strategy and Corporate Development, Bloomberg LP
Angela Sun overseas business development, acquisitions and partnerships spanning the company’s media, financial products, enterprise and data
businesses, as well as strategic planning, performance management and company-wide initiatives. She is the recipient of the 2011 Asian Women in
Business Corporate Leadership.
USA
North America
Max Neukirchen, Managing Director and Head, Strategy, JP Morgan
Head of Strategy; resp. for developing and driving the strategic agenda, covering strategic priorities firmwide and for individual lines of business.
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